lusty
Example Sentences
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Fresh from four months in federal prison, Navarro arrived on stage to a long and lusty ovation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024
Inspired by the story of John Addington Symonds and Havelock Ellis, two British scholars of homosexuality in a deeply homophobic Victorian era, Crewe’s debut is by turns lusty, elegant and deeply informed by history.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023
Watson set the tone early on with some lusty carries and it was the flanker, playing for game-time against Ireland, who started the rout.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2023
Famously sampled in Madonna’s 2005 dance-floor reinvention “Hung Up,” this lusty 1979 Abba classic also boasts some excellent parentheses use.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023
Finally, we hear the lusty wail of a newborn baby.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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Vocabulary lists containing lusty
"Of Plymouth Plantation," Vocabulary from the historical account
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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